1. English Diphthongs δι-ϕθογγος di-phthong.... fþong

2. English Diphthongs “pure” vowels diphthongs

3. English Diphthongs tendency for “pure” TENSE vowels to diphthongalize...

4. CLOSE (HIGH BACK FRONT OPEN (LOW)

5. 1 Rising to KIT

6. 2 Rising to FOOT

7. 3 Centring to Schwa

8. NON- RHOTIC RHOTIC NEAR SQUARE CURE

9. NON- RHOTIC RHOTIC NEAR i0ir SQUARE e0er CURE u0ur

10. rhoticRP(North) NEAR SQUARE

11. rhoticRP(North) NEAR i0iri: SQUARE e0ere:

12. SQUARE words are spelled -air- fair chair stair cairn -are- fare care mare stare

13. NEAR words are spelled -eer- beer engineer queer -ier- fierce pier

14. But words spelled with -ear-, –ere-, -eir- are variable - SQUARE bear pear wear heir their where there they’re NEAR fear clear rear weir here we’re idea hero

15. CURE u0ur THOUGHT

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